Efficiency of western blotting for the specific immunodetection of proteinase K-resistant prion protein in BSE diagnosis in France

Veterinary Record

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 74-76

  Madec, J Y ^a   Belli, P ^a   Calavas, D ^a   Baron, Th ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE K;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FRANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PRION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN STEM; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FRANCE; PRIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034649853     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.146.3.74     Document Type: Article

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